Everything is Always Art

“I have realized that the past and the future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”-Alan Watts

This is Ep. 157 on Alan Watts: “The Future is for Suckers!” On this episode we’ll talk ‘future’, we’ll dissect a little of Alan Watts’s ideas on ‘future’ and we’ll hear quite possibly our favorite clip of all Alan Watts lecture clips: The Future is for Suckers. It’s the arts, it’s philosophy… This is ArtHouse Radio!

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Terence McKenna believed that if the artist cannot find the way to expanded consciousness, then the way could not be found. He was a firm believer that culture was a great obstacle to enlightenment, that it tends to make people generally afraid of the unconscious mind; whereas artists are not afraid. Artists regularly use the unconscious mind as part of their process for creation. And that that unconscious perspective is also used by the observer of artworks when seeking some sort of truth or significance it may hold.

With that in mind, McKenna believes the planet is functioning terribly because we’ve had ideology as the main structure for the last 700 or 800 years. His belief is that we could transcend politics and ideology by having some other, dare I say, better structure in its place. In this talk, you’ll hear him make the case for art being that new structure.

In this episode we’ll explore these ideas, and how he may have come to this conclusion. We’ll also hear a clip from a talk he gave in 1990 where he pretty much blew our minds (yet again).

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Greetings, my friends! On this lovely episode I’m reviewing the film The Happy Prince, which I saw at the Windsor International Film Festival this week. It’s stars Rupert Everett, who Is also making his directorial debut. How many stars will I give it?!

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Happy Halloween! This episode we’re talking about the scariest thing of them all... money! And technology! And (for some) Jeff Koons! What do these things have to do with each other? Well pull up a chair and find out! As always, hosted by Troy Ramos!

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It’s the wonderful Fred Rogers! Won’t you be his? In this episode I talk about the new documentary: “Won’t you be my Neighbor?” and wonder why we can’t all be as nice and neighborly as much as maybe we should.

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In this organic episode we’re talking about the meaning of life and all of its cage-free ideas! You’ll hear clips from the Power of Myth, a series of conversations between Bill Moyers and one of the 20th century’s preeminent thinkers Joseph Campbell. The Power of Myth originally aired on PBS in 1988. And we’ll also hear clips from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, including maybe a song by Eric Idle!

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This week we’re talking about the short film “Stutterer”! It’s a 13 minute film by Benjamin Cleary and winner of the 2016 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. It stars Matthew Needham and Chloe Pirrie. Watch the film below courtesy of YouTube!

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In this episode we unravel the philosophy of Darth Vader, inspired by the Wisecrack video on YouTube titled… Appropriately… The Philosophy of Darth Vader. Are you a death denier? Better ax somebody.

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